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galen · 1981 days ago · link · · parent · post: The next Sokal affair: academics get bogus papers accepted in "grievance studies" journals
You are denying our friend Odder a remarkable amount of intellectual agency here. Which is more likely: 1. Odder informed themself about the James Damore case, found Damore's reasoning and behavior repugnant, and therefore thinks less of those who seek to defend him 2. Odder heard that "the orthodoxy" rejected Damore and decided, purely on the basis of groupthink, that everyone remotely associated with him is worthless. Actually, no, fuck that. This isn't even about likelihood. Which one of those options should be your assumption coming into an argument, devoid of supporting data? I think the answers pretty clear.